June 23, 2011
Kroger Cuts Waste 30%, Fleet Efficiency up 8%
Kroger manufacturing plants cut their waste to landfill by 30 percent between 2009 and 2010, and the company’s fleet increased its cases shipped per gallon by eight percent, according to the supermarket’s 2011 sustainability report.
The report says that Kroger plants reduced their waste to landfill by 22 million pounds in 2010. The company has a goal of a further 30 percent reduction, against the 2009 baseline, in 2011. This year it expects at least seven of its manufacturing plants to become zero waste-to-landfill, and aims to achieve that….
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